In the past few months, Hekou (China) suddenly emerged and received the attention and love of tourist followers. Located near the border of Lao Cai - China, with just one day "crossing the border" you can explore all of this small district of Hekou. Here are the most detailed travel experiences in Hekou (China) for you this summer.
Brief introduction of Ha Khau district
Ha Khau District covers an area of over 1,300 km, bordering Lao Cai City, Vietnam by a solid Ho Kieu Bridge spanning the Nam Thi River. The bridge is the highlight dividing the boundary between Vietnam and China. Hekou is located in the Cap Ne autonomous region, located in the southern region, Yunnan province, China.
It is mainly the business area of Chinese and Vietnamese people with a variety of items. Overview of Ha Khau street is relatively easy to go, convenient transportation. The rows of houses here are very neat and tidy. With a day's time, you can freely explore and experience interesting things in the land away from Vietnam on this bridge!
Transportation to Ha Khau
Move from TT. Sapa to Lao Cai border gate
Experience of Ha Khau tourism said that a number of Ha Khau tourist visitors often combine with the journey to explore Sapa. From Sapa to Lao Cai border gate, visitors can rent a motorbike to move. The distance is 35km, takes about 1 hour to drive.
Follow Highway 4, go to Coc Leu, then follow Hoang Lien Street to Border Gate. One note that the road is relatively difficult to travel, especially along the mountain, many large passenger cars and many bends. Arriving at the border gate, you park the car at Lao Cai Sapaly Hotel, the price of one day parking is 5,000 VND.
However, from Sapa, there are also buses to move near Lao Cai border gate. Bus ticket price is 25,000 VND / person. Bus is a relatively safe option, but it takes about 1 to 2 hours for a bus to Lao Cai, so you have to wait a bit longer.
To the gate, you move by road, across a bridge is to Hekou.
Travel experiences in Hekou: How to get to Hekou?
To travel to Hekou via the Lao Cai - Ha Khau border, you need to make a travel book. Go to the border, you come to the inventory room here to do some procedures to make a passport. It takes about 2 to 3 hours to make a passport, you should bring books, newspapers, stories to entertain in the meantime.
Ha Khau travel experience is when making a passport, you need to prepare the necessary documents such as identity card photo, 2 photos 4x6 white background and 300,000 VND fee. After obtaining the passport, you enter the exit line at Lao Cai border gate to go through procedures and through the entry line in Ha Khau, follow the instructions and exit to China.
Exchange money when traveling Ha Khau
When traveling to Hekou, don't forget to exchange Chinese currency before you leave. You should change money in Vietnam, or exchange money right at Lao Cai border gate. At Lao Cai border gate, there are many people who do money exchange services.
Currency exchange: 1 currency = VND 3,520.
One of the most beautiful locations in Hekou. Photo: Linh Nguyen
Tourism Ha Khau anything interesting?
Although Ha Khau tourism is not new, it is very strange to many tourist believers. To Hekou. Just with one day, you can explore this place. After a short time, Ha Khau travel experienced people have listed some interesting things that everyone should experience as follows:
Enjoy Chinese cuisine : Although only a small district, but the cuisine here is full of typical Chinese dishes. Some typical and famous dishes and bars to pay attention to are:
Milk tea 123 smile: The origin of the hit milk tea brands is Taiwan and China. Come to Hekou, 123 smile is a famous brand here. A few hundred meters from the gate, milk tea here is delicious, not too sweet and full of flavor. In addition, there are many other milk tea shops, most of Ha Khau milk tea are for you to buy and take away.
Grilled squid bald: Famous dishes, just seach quickly on the internet a few lines you can find immediately to this place. Price 2 yuan per skewer, squid marinated, crispy, tasty and flowing.
Dumpling: The typical Chinese dish is sold at many stores in Hekou. From the gate, go one round and round, you can choose a dumpling shop with the right style.
Rotten tofu: Sold a lot at the sidewalk shops here. The fastest way, you can find to Hekou market.
Fresh cream, mixed noodles, fried chicken: In the area near Light Park, there are many fast food shops. Fresh ice cream, mixed noodles, and fried chicken have a similar taste to Vietnam. However, the food here is much more beautifully presented.
Walking around small, neat streets: Ha Khau is very small, coming here, you can completely walk to experience exploring the roads. Houses in Ha Khau are neatly and tidy arranged. The most special thing is that the streets here are surprisingly clean. You will be very difficult to find garbage or confectionery casts jumbled along the road.
Images of firing firecrackers all the way: Only a bridge from Vietnam, but in Ha Khau in particular and China in general, it is absolutely not prohibited to fire firecrackers. Walking around here in a circle, you easily come across the image of the people here hanging up the applause in front of their homes and shops. Many people think that the sound of firecrackers is as crisp as joy and joy.
If you stay here at night, you will encounter beautiful fireworks. It was also a really fun and exciting experience.
Visiting Light Park: According to Ha Khau travel experiences, this is a "storming" place with young Vietnamese people. For only 15 yuan in taxi fare, you can explore this beautiful park. The best time to visit the park is at 18:00 Vietnam time, 19h China time (China time is 1 hour difference in Vietnam). This time, all the electric lighting system at the park is lit, you will not be surprised by this special design.
With a somewhat ancient architecture, you feel like you are lost in an old historical film. Standing from above looking down, the park is magnificent, not unlike a picture. From the red-painted houses, to the winding wooden bridges, the calm lake surface or the mountain models are extremely meticulously designed.
Light Park is the most prominent destination in the Ha Khau travel journey, with absolutely no entrance fee. Here, there are thousands of beautiful "virtual living" spots for you.
Walking around the streets in Hekou
Travel experience Hekou (China): points to note
- Hekou border gate will stop exiting at 9pm (Chinese time), so you should pay attention to the time to exit on time.
- If you want to explore one more day, you should exit, stay at Lao Cai hotel and the next entry to Ha Khau.
- In Ha Khau, a relatively large number of Vietnamese people live and do business. Therefore, you do not worry about getting lost or obstructing the language.
- To get to Ha Khau border gate, you need to get a passport. With this paper, you are allowed to stay in China for 1 day. The passport is a separate book (not a visa).
Is import - export across the border of Lao Cai - Ha Khau relatively easy? With the full Ha Khau travel experience as above, what are you waiting without scheduling with friends to explore. In addition, if you want to combine with the trip to explore Sapa, you can refer to the schedule suggestions below:
- Perfect 3-day sapa travel schedule where to go, what to do
- Suggest a perfect 2-day tour of Sapa
Wishing you and your loved ones the best memories at the journey to discover Hekou!